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type: "Bill"
title: "Elevator mechanic or accessibility mechanic, certain; exemption from certification."
description: "Board for Contractors; exemption from certificationas an elevator mechanic or accessibility mechanic. Provides thatan individual is not required to be certified as an elevator mechanicor accessibility mechanic when working under the direct and immediatesupervision of an elevator mechanic or certified accessibility mechanicwho is certified in the specialty for which work is being performed."
jurisdiction: "us/states/va"
legislature: "Virginia General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 2202"
citation: "Virginia HB 2202 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jerrauld C. \"Jay\" Jones"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad9edfc5-a15a-4758-8229-25f26984acfe"
source_url: "https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+sum+HB2202"
source_hash: "eabe03119dd7782e5d76d157f9d2f4a9b753988235c8c0b5059cd2dc8c26c02e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-va"]
---
# Virginia HB 2202 (2021) — Elevator mechanic or accessibility mechanic, certain; exemption from certification.
Board for Contractors; exemption from certificationas an elevator mechanic or accessibility mechanic. Provides thatan individual is not required to be certified as an elevator mechanicor accessibility mechanic when working under the direct and immediatesupervision of an elevator mechanic or certified accessibility mechanicwho is certified in the specialty for which work is being performed.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **CHAP0151** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+CHAP0151)
2. **HB2202ER** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2202ER)
3. **Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101729D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?212+ful+HB2202)
## Votes
- Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) — **120** (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A) — **970** (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N) — **80** (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N) — **980** (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — **390** (pass) · upper
- Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N) — **140** (pass) · upper
- Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) — **220** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Jerrauld C. "Jay" Jones — primary (person)
- Jeffrey M. Bourne — cosponsor (person)
- Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
- Paul E. Krizek — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-13** Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/21 21101729D `introduction`
- **2021-01-13** Referred to Committee on General Laws `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Impact statement from DPB (HB2202)
- **2021-01-27** Assigned GL sub: Professions/Occupations and Administrative Process `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Subcommittee recommends reporting (8-Y 0-N)
- **2021-01-28** Reported from General Laws (22-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Read first time `reading-1`
- **2021-02-02** Read second time and engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (98-Y 0-N 1-A) `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage (98-Y 0-N 1-A)
- **2021-02-03** Reconsideration of passage agreed to by House
- **2021-02-03** Passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-03** VOTE: Block Vote Passage #2 (99-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-04** Constitutional reading dispensed
- **2021-02-04** Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-05** Continued to 2021 Sp. Sess. 1 in General Laws and Technology (14-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-10** Reported from General Laws and Technology (12-Y 0-N) `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-12** Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- **2021-02-15** Read third time `reading-3`
- **2021-02-15** Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) `passage`
- **2021-02-19** Enrolled
- **2021-02-19** Impact statement from DPB (HB2202ER)
- **2021-02-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-02-22** Signed by President
- **2021-02-24** Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 24, 2021
- **2021-02-24** Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 31, 2021
- **2021-03-18** Approved by Governor-Chapter 151 (effective 7/1/21) `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad9edfc5-a15a-4758-8229-25f26984acfe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).